The first Indigenous Liberal candidate for the West Australian lower house hopes to become the first Aboriginal Liberal state parliamentarian by winning the seat of Kimberley from Indigenous Labor MP Josie Farrer.

Indigenous leaders meeting three Federal Ministers in Broome today for a roundtable on devastating rates of suicide express cynicism about another meeting on the issue and hope for a radical change to government policies.

Suicide researchers say they are shocked at comments by Western Australia's Mental Health Minister Andrea Mitchell, who says the Indigenous suicide rate is falling, despite the Kimberley having one of the highest rates in the world.